The policy is doomed to failure, for a very simple reason.

The policy is doomed to failure, for a very simple reason.

Padres Wont Deal Mike Adams - RealGM Wiretap The Padres have told reliever Mike Adams that they will not trade him prior to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. At least a dozen teams have contacted San Diego about Adams. Padres owner Jeff Moorad last week personally told Adams "you're not going anywhere adidas springblade prodej ," according to a team source. Schilling May Be Forced To Sell Bloody Sock - RealGM Wiretap Curt Schilling, needing to cover millions of dollars in loans he guaranteed to his failed video game company, may have to sell the famed blood-stained sock he wore on Boston's way to the 2004 World Series championship.

Schilling, whose Providence-based 38 Studios filed for bankruptcy in June, listed the sock as collateral to Bank Rhode Island in a September filing.

The sock is on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Schilling told WEEI-AM in Boston on Thursday that possibly having to sell the sock is part of "having to pay for your mistakes."

Maddon Doesnt Believe Shields Will Be Dealt - RealGM Wiretap James Shields has been linked to several teams as the trade deadline approaches, but Rays manager Joe Maddon doesn't believe he'll be dealt. "You would think that might turn more of the focus on our guy, there's no question. I can't deny that," Maddon said. "But at the end of the day, I still believe Shieldsy is going to be a Ray after the trade deadline is over. "All this conjecture does occur, and there's reasons why they're pointing at James. But I still believe in my heart of hearts that it's not going to happen, and it's going to move on and we're going to be normal and he's going to pitch like he can over the last two months of the season." Trainer Denies Claim That Pujols Took PEDs - RealGM Wiretap

Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jack Clark claims that former trainer Chris Mihlfeld told him Albert Pujols used performance-enhancing drugs.

"I haven't even talked to Jack Clark in close to 10 years," Mihlfeld said. "His statements are simply not true. I have known Albert Pujols since he was 18 years old, and he would never use illegal drugs in any way. I would bet my life on it and probably drop dead on the spot if I found out he has. As before, once again both Albert and myself have been accused of doing something we didn't do."

Clark said Mihlfeld told him a decade ago that he "shot him up," referring to Pujols.

"I know for a fact he was," Clark said. "The trainer that worked with him, threw him batting practice from Kansas City, that worked him out every day, basically told me that's what he did."

Mihlfeld was linked to performance enhancers in 2006 when a pitcher he trained, Jason Grimsley, admitted to using PEDs and was suspended.

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